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- June 15 1957
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Cto99y Gordons.
Asheville
Asheville is the hub of all our moun¬
tain vacationlands. Good highways
radiate into all sections, making a tour
of any other region an easy one-day
drive.
It also is a substantial little me¬
tropolis. with so many conveniences
and attractions of its own that thou¬
sands of vacationists headquarter here,
making forays to the points which in¬
terest them most. People who cannot
or will not drive the mountains can
take regularly scheduled tours on
sight-seeing buses.
The city has a population of 53,000,
and is located at 2.216 feet on the
Blue Ridge plateau. From several
vantage points, Asheville makes a
pretty picture silling on its high, river-
carved plain. And there is a recipro¬
cating view from Asheville looking
around the horizon, for the town is
completely surrounded by mountain
ranges and peaks.
While it also is an industrial, com¬
mercial and trading center, Asheville
to the vacationist looks most like a
vacation town. In summer, the visitor
is important to most of the city, and
16
Heart of the
Hill Country
The Mid-Mountains
at that time the townspeople set out
the wares and manners to please him.
(For a full description of Asheville,
see State, June I, 1957.)
Accommodations here are the most
extensive in North Carolina, with beds
/or more than 5.000 transients. They
range from the historically elegant
Grove Park Inn, to commercial-tourist
hotels and motor courts, of which
there is a bewildering profusion, both
in town and on all four approaches.
In between arc numerous small inns,
guest homes and lodges. An accom¬
modations folder (available from Lulu
Harshaw, Chamber of Commerce) is
necessary to a stranger to make a se¬
lection most suitable. Rates range in
accordance with this variety of rooms.
The food in Asheville generally is
good and often excellent. The hotel
dining rooms are uniformly acceptable
and sometimes sparkling. There is the
dependable S & W and Buck’s. For
atmosphere we’d suggest the Gay
Nineties (down town); Chez Paul; the
spectacular ovcr-thc-city Sky Club;
Sunnysidc Inn (reservations only);
Mrs. Coggins** Dining Room; Bent
Creek Lodge.
In Asheville you can swim at Mal¬
vern Hills and Royal Pines (also hotel
and motor court pools); ride horse¬
back; golf on four courses; play tennis;
play miniature golf; shufflcboard; and
(near by) hike, camp, picnic, fish and
boat.
The outdoor possibilities arc sur¬
prisingly extensive for a metropolis.
This is because short rides will land
you in some developed section of Pis-
gah National Forest. A dozen such
areas maintained for public use arc
heavily patronized. Asheville has an
active hiking club and visitors may
join the regular trips.
In a town with such large and well-
operated hotels, there arc planned
recreation programs for guests, includ¬
ing dances, card tournaments and
tours, and your host will tell you about
these.
Two annual events arc especially in¬
teresting to visitors. These are the
Annual Craftsman's Fair (July 15-
19) and the annual Folk Music and
Dance Festival (August 1-3), both
held in the City Auditorium. There
also arc occasional square dances, golf
tournaments, shows of various kinds
and other activities inviting visitor
participation.
To get the most out of your trip to
Asheville, prepare yourself with ex¬
cellent and informative literature
available from the chamber of com¬
merce. These include the very valu-
CHKCK LIST FOR .MID-MOUNTAINS
ОоЧ—
Atheville. Black Mountain
//ouri— Atheville (and countryjidc retort*).
Swimming— Atheville. Burnwille. Black Mountain.
Гели/»
— A'hcvillc. Burnwille, Black Mountain.
Picknlckint — Score* of ForeM Service picnic park*;
ro.idv.de park* and tabic*, liipecially: Craggy
Carden*. Mt. Mitchell. Parkway area*. Weaver-
ville. Carolina Hemlock*. Mt. Pngah. Black
Mountain. Silver Mine area. etc.
flooring— No large lake* In area, but boat* on
*mall lake*; Inquire locally.
Flihiac — Numerou* ForeM Service «ream*; *mall
lake*. Get Iree tithing map by writing Mi** I.ulu
Harthaw. Aihcvllle Chamber o( Commerce.
Al/ncral»— Little Switzerland, Burnwille. Spruce
Pine and adiaeent area. Old mine*. Mineral
*hop near Burntville. Mineral laboratory. Athe-
ville.
/in— Combination art claw-vaeation* at Seeee'.o
Painting Cta**c*. Burnwille; Fine Art* lummer
Khoo! ol U. ol Miami. Burnwille.
Crain — Dan Boone'* lorge. Burnwille; rug
weaver*. Swi**; Allantland Shop. Atheville;
Guild Cralt*. Atheville; Stuart Nyc Silver Shop.
AMieville; Candlelight Cralt*. Candler; Spinning
Wheel (*hop> Hcndcrtonvillc Road; Pi*gah Pot¬
tery. N. C. 191 *OUlh Ol Atheville; Crafuman
Fair, Atheville in July.
(Non; If you want to vitit craittmcn at
work in thl* area, eontult Allantland, Athe¬
ville. Foe cralt map ol the mountain*, tend
10 cent* to Allantland. College St.. Atheville.)
Drama — Parkway Playhouie; performance* each
week end, Burnwille.
1‘Ыпп
ol Inttmt — Biltmocc lloutc; Richmond
Mill; Tom Wolle Memorial; Mt. Mitchell;
Craggy Garden*; Mt. Pitgah; Rich Mountain,
The Roan; Blue Ridge Parkway; Biltmorc In-
duvtne*; Grove Park Inn; Pretbytenan Muteum
at Montreal; Blue Ridge; RidgccrcM; Elk Mt.
and Suntet Mt. Scenic loop*; Pngah Foret!
areas.
LYenri — Cralltman't Fair. Atheville. July 1S-19;
Folk Fcttival. Atheville. Augutt 1-i; Rhododen¬
dron I cMival. Roan Mountain,
A«ommodaliom — Movtly concentrated tn Athe¬
ville. including luxury hotel*. »mall inn*, lodge*,
motor count, guett home*. Smaller hotel*, inn*
and/or motor court* at Burnwille. Black Moun¬
tain. Weavcrvillc. Little S»iue«land. Hot Spring*.
Candler. Spruce Pine. Bakcrwille, Canton (a
number ol place* along highway* outside the**
town*). Sec our "Where to Stay" Column.
Food — Plenty ol acceptable place*. For almo»-
at Atheville. Contult "Where to Eat” Column.
THE STATE. JUNE 15. 1957